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AP: Final Exit Network manual calls members “special”

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…t I’ve seen since this story broke. Myers went to all sources on this. The Final Exit Network (FEN) members get their say. I’m in there to. But the most powerful “voice” in the article is the FEN’s own training manual. The AP obtained the a police report on the FEN that contained the contents of the training manual. It’s not exactly a public relations officials idea of dream material. The article has various titles and is in over 130 news sites, a…

Chicago NDY Confronts Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition and Barbara Coombs Lee

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…leviate these feelings. The societal message is “so what?” or “who cares?” FINAL EXIT NETWORK In late February, the news broke that a multi-state investigation had resulted in the arrests of four members of the Final Exit Network. These “freelancers” and “worker bees” of the assisted suicide movement claim to have aided the suicides of some 200 individuals – many of them nonterminally ill. Two cases under investigation involve a Georgia man distre…

Big News: Final Exit Network Activist Enters Guilty Plea in Arizona – Agrees to Testify Against Other Defendants

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…randmother who now lives in Michigan. She was then was a volunteer for the Final Exit Network, an offshoot of the now-defunct Hemlock Society. Earlier today, Hale-Rowe pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to facilitation to commit manslaughter, a felony. In striking a plea deal with county prosecutors, Hale-Rowe agreed to testify against the three remaining defendants in the case, an aged Scottsdale man who allegedly also assisted Van…

Georgia: Grand Jury Indicts Four Members of Final Exit Network on Multiple Counts

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…e Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An indictment returned Tuesday charges the Final Exit Network along with co-founder Thomas “Ted” Goodwin, 64, of Kennesaw and Punta Gorda, Fla.; Claire Blehr, 77, of Atlanta; and Dr. Lawrence Egbert, 82, and Nicholas Alec Sheridan, 61, of Baltimore with violating Georgia’s RICO Act, assisting a suicide and tampering with evidence. The four are to be arraigned in Forsyth Superior Court on April 1. More here about the…

Maryland: New Factually-Impaired Op-Ed from Final Exit Network – and My Response

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…ding a life of unbearable pain and indignity is a basic human right. We at Final Exit Network provide compassion in the form of information and empathy, and we are proud of our work. I read that, took some anti-nausea medication, and typed off a “comment” for the online copy of Dincin’s piece. Then I reworked it and submitted it as a “reader comment” aka “letter to the editor.” It was accepted and published online. I am told that it was published…